{"id":353538,"date":"2021-10-15T21:34:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T18:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/your-twitch-password-wasnt-leaked-in-the-big-hack\/"},"modified":"2021-10-15T21:34:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T18:34:34","slug":"your-twitch-password-wasnt-leaked-in-the-big-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/your-twitch-password-wasnt-leaked-in-the-big-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"#Your Twitch Password Wasn\u2019t Leaked in the Big Hack"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Your Twitch Password Wasn\u2019t Leaked in the Big Hack”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Remember the massive Twitch leak that revealed all sorts of information, including creator payouts? Well, according to Twitch, user passwords weren\u2019t included in the hack, so your account is safe.<\/p>\n

Twitch posted on its blog<\/a> about the security incident from October 6, 2021, and the company confirmed what the early reports suggested: creator payouts and some Twitch source code were stolen, but individual user information was kept safe.<\/p>\n

In the post, Twitch said, \u201cTwitch passwords have not been exposed. We are also confident that systems that store Twitch login credentials, which are hashed with bcrypt, were not accessed, nor were full credit card numbers or ACH \/ bank information.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Of course, it\u2019s still worth locking your Twitch account down with 2FA and changing your password periodically to make sure your account is as safe as possible, but you don\u2019t need to worry about your account based on this particular leak.<\/p>\n

Twitch also said that it underwent \u201ca thorough review of the information included in the files exposed and are confident that it only affected a small fraction of users and the customer impact is minimal. We are contacting those who have been impacted directly.\u201d That means that if you were affected, Twitch will reach out to you and let you know.<\/p>\n

As far as the future goes, Twitch is taking steps to prevent something like this from happ<\/a>ening again. The Amazon-owned company said, \u201cWe take our responsibility to protect your data very seriously. We have taken steps to further secure our service, and we apologize to our community.\u201d Often, these types of leaks help companies find holes, and Twitch sounds like it\u2019s using this as a chance to improve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n